Just finished training with Werner

Awesome thread. Recent grad of Roadmaster in Tampa. Have a conditional offer w/Covenant, but also applied with Werner. Nice to see the experiences from day one to almost a year. Thank you very much. Wade. Rubber side down girl. B safe.

 

As it is with any company and the posters who complain about them. My experience is the happy drivers have good things to say and the unhappy drivers don't.

 

Good for you for sticking it out through the tough times. Most don't and you're getting the rewards due.

 

Congrats on your success.

I've had a pre-hire letter from Werner since the first day I started truck driving school. My options, being in South Florida, are much different, but the last time I spoke to my recruiter, I could get into a regional route on the coach fleet option out of the Atlanta area.

Having read many other posts that bashed Werner, and having spoken to a guy who graduated 3 weeks ago from my same school, and who's working for Armellini, I was pretty much dead set in NOT going with Werner, and going with Roehl, or Schneider. But, after reading your posts, I'm calling my recruiter tomorrow to discuss the coach fleet option again and see how it would benefit me over the previous two.

Schneider only hires teams out of my area and I've already gotten consent from a classmate to team up. But, he's stalling on doing the app and I need to move on if he's not. And Roehl is ready to bring me on board. The idea of being flown up to the mid-west to do my 3 weeks OTR, and being flown back home (at the carrier's expense) to do my 7 days off is a nice one, but if I can get home every 5 days for 2 days off, I'll take that any day of the week and twice on Shabbat.

FYI, in 8 months you're now making what took me 18 years in my previous career (Paralegal), and a Bachelors Degree in that field, to earn. Then again, and in my defense, I am the wrong gender for that profession, since it's 90% female dominated.

Glad to read about your success.

 

What is the "coach fleet?"

 

It's a regional route based close to Atlanta. You do two weeks OTR (I believe) and get on a Werner coach that takes you home http://www.wernercoach.com/werner-fleet/. Time on the coach does not count towards your home time. I believe it's two weeks on/3 days off.

I'll confirm tomorrow and will post more details.

 

I did. That dedicated route is not available for South Florida residents, but I was told that there is a Home Depot dedicated and a Flat Bed dedicated available in my area.

Have given a lot of consideration to Roehl's offer and to Werner's offer (Coach Fleet option), and I've decided to go with Werner. So I won't have 7 days off in a row and I'll make .05 cpm less than I would with Roehl. But, looking at the map and the areas where Roehl operates, and in light of certain family circumstances I need to keep in close mind, I believe that I will have more opportunities to earn money with an area that spans all states east of Minnesota's western border, than the states where Roehl operates. So, I'll take two weeks on and 2 days off vs 3 weeks on and 7 days off for the opportunity to 1- have better training (I don't care for operating solo in the northern mid-west during the cold months with no cold weather commercial vehicle driving experience and only 13 days of training) and 2- have a better opportunity to make $$. Roehl was going to have to fly me home and back, and the drive from Lithia Springs to my home in Boca Raton would only be 10 hrs by motor coach.

Besides, I was told that the moment I get an employee number at Werner, I can put my name on the list for the dedicated routes that are near my home. X-Country, would you be kind enough to confirm whether that's true?

But, the icing on the cake was the 5K sign on bonus that Werner offered vs no sign on bonus with Roehl, which will off-set the pay difference with only an $18.00 deficit (Werner v. Roehl). I can live with that, if it means an opportunity to visit family in Texas during any of my runs to So. TX.

Look forward to your feedback X-Country.

Hope to see you sometime on the road.

 

Good to know. Got to see how certain things work out and I'll decide when I go to training. OTOH, if I get the Home Depot dedicated, I will lose the 5K sign on bonus, so I was told.